Prime ranked UFC heavyweight contenders conflict late this summer season, as no. 1 ranked former interim champion Ciryl Gane takes on no. 3 ranked Tai Tuivasa.
This bout is to go down on September 3, 2022, at a to-be-determined Battle Evening occasion and venue.
Gane is coming off his title-unifying effort towards UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, who he practically defeated to develop into undisputed champion earlier this yr again in January.
However, we noticed Gane get handed his first defeat that evening with 48-47’s throughout the board for Ngannou.
Ciryl Gane (10-1) vs Tai Tuivasa (14-3)
Gane got here to the UFC with a report of simply 3-0, having received the TKO heavyweight championship in his very first battle. He defended it twice previous to coming over as nicely.
Upon arriving within the worlds main MMA promotion, Gane, to our shock, would win his first two octagon bouts by way of submission (arm-triangle choke & heel hook). Coming to MMA as an undefeated kickboxing champion (13-0), this was extremely spectacular to see.
Then, in his 4 most up-to-date victories, he’d defeat the likes of former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos (TKO), fellow kickboxing champion Jairzinho Rozenstruik (UD), former Bellator & M-1 International heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov (UD), and Derrick Lewis (TKO) in his interim title bout again in August of final yr.
Gane is actually a youth past his years on this sport, although he’s already 32 years outdated.
The identical may very well be stated for Tai Tuivasa, he’s actually a youth past his years as nicely at 29.
Tuivasa came visiting to the UFC with a report of 6-0, and he too was a champion previous to becoming a member of the promotion.
He had received and defended the AFC heavyweight championship in his two fights previous to becoming a member of, and he additionally has a background in putting arts, each boxing (5-2) and kickboxing (14-2).
Upon arriving within the UFC, Tuivasa received his first three bouts with the promotion over the likes of Rashad Coulter (KO), Cyril Asker (TKO), and former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski (UD).
Nevertheless, he’d fall fairly exhausting after this run, dropping his subsequent three-straight to former champion Junior dos Santos (TKO), former WSOF & PFL heavyweight champion Blagoy Ivanov (UD), and former WWFC heavyweight champion Sergey Spivak (arm-triangle choke).
Since then, Tuivasa has received his final five-straight over the likes of longtime UFC staple Stefan Struve (KO), Harry Hunsucker (TKO), Greg Hardy (KO), Augusto Sakai (KO), and Derrick Lewis (KO). The latter three victories awarded him Efficiency of the Evening honors.
That is going to be a really fascinating showcase.
One may moderately suppose Gane will handily out-point Tuivasa. However, one shot from Tuivasa can put any man on this planet unconscious. Who do you see strolling away on prime?
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